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"Promise you'll remember me?"
You asked that eve
As the dark grew over the twilight
    and the stars peeped from behind
        the cotton-candies of the sky

My reply was curt silence
Born out of the terror of promises un-kept
Yet you began this dance of give-and-take
As the neons lit up the cityscape

Alas it were not to last
And I keep pondering on the past -
Back to that vivid eve,
that promise you asked of me
I realise you never had cause to worry,
nor need for insurance -
With all the scars you leave me with,

How could I ever forget?

-x-
~one more for Joel~

The “valuations” methodology taught me forty plus years ago,
now rendered valueless, and yet,
the devils remind in
humongous whispers,

confuse not price
(or reads)
with value!

To a man I never met, and now,
will not yet on this Earth,
this process, to estimate,
what a man’s worthy words
are but worth exactly,
how much???

It matters greatly,
for one has come to realize
these scattering of poems
will be my repute,
my legate in reverse,

to see me forward,
you will need to see me
in reverse.
7/30/2023
 Sep 2023 Jayantee Khare
Loveless
And over time,
My pen stopped bleeding
But my heart didn't
Mother brings us to this soil
    and will never let us get spoil.
Father brings us, our bread
    and  never lets us know any dread.  
Always, brother fights for his share,
   When  someone  hurts us, he wouldn’t  bear.
The words of  sister, never you dare,
   she is next to mother, in care.
A good friend joins with you in good deeds
   and stays to the last, in your needs.
Relationship is the real wealth,
   to be concerned next to health.
Show care and affection to the best,
   It will take care of the rest.
.
#Of the night,

comes a delicate veil,

wrapping like a cuddle,

heralding comfort,

whispering dreams to lovers,

blowing kisses to the dark,

teasing peaceful promises,

of the night.
#



© Pagan Paul
be gentle.
be sweet.
be kind.
be grateful.
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